Mark Hoban: Under the Terror Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 (“TAFA 2010”), the Treasury is required to report quarterly to Parliament on its operation of the UK’s asset-freezing regime mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 1373.
	This is the fourth report under the Act and it covers the period from 1 October 2011 to 31 December 2011. This report also covers the UK implementation of the UN-Al-Qaeda asset freezing regime.
	Follow up to independent reviewer’s report
	Following recommendations made by David Anderson QC, the independent reviewer, in his report on the operation of the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 published on 15 December 2011, the Treasury has revised the content and format of the quarterly report to provide additional information.
	This report has been revised to take account of the independent reviewer’s recommendation to publish more information about the operation of the domestic asset-freezing regime. This information can be found in the table and text below. In accordance with the recommendation at paragraph 11.5 of the independent reviewer’s report, the lists at the end of this statement provide a breakdown by name of all those designated by the UK and the EU in pursuance of UN Security Council Resolution 1373.
	The Treasury has also decided to report more fully on the operation of the EU asset-freezing regime in the UK under the EU Regulation (EC) 2580/2001 which implements the UNSCR 1373 against external terrorist threats to the EU. Under this regime, the EU has responsibility for designations and the Treasury has responsibility for licensing and compliance with the regime in the UK under part 1 of TAFA 2010.
	The Treasury has published its response to the independent reviewer’s report today (8 February 2012) and the next quarterly report will provide an update on implementation of other recommendations which impact on the operation of the asset-freezing regime in the UK.
	Additional information, where available, is also provided for the al-Qaeda regime in the revised format adopted to meet the independent reviewer’s recommendation.
	The following table sets out the key asset-freezing activity in the UK during the quarter ending 31 December 2011:
	
		
			  TAFA 2010 EU Reg(EC) 2580/2001 Al-Qa e da R regime UNSCR1989 
			 Assets frozen (as at 31/12/2011) £33,000 £11,000 £72,000(1) 
			 Number of accounts frozen in UK (at 31/12/11) 70 10 39 
			 New accounts frozen 0 0 0 
			 Accounts unfrozen 4 0 2 
			 Number of designations (at 31/12/11) 42 51 343 
			 (i) new designations (during Q4 2011) 5 5 1 
			 (ii) Delistings 1 1 1 
			 (iii) individuals in custody in UK 15 0 3 
			 (iv) individuals in UK, not in detention 5 0 7 
			 (v) individuals overseas 14 26 242 
			 (vi) groups 8 (0 in UK) 25 91 (2 in UK) 
			 Renewal of designation 1 n/a n/a 
			 General Licences Issued in Q4 Amended (iii) Revoked  (i) 0 (ii) 5 (iii) 0  
			 Specific Licences:    
			 (i) Issued (ii) Revoked (i) 4 (ii) 9 (i) 0 (ii) 0 (i) 1 (ii) 2 
			 (1) This figure reflects the most up-to-date account balances available and includes approximately $64,000 of suspected terrorist funds frozen in the UK. This has been converted using exchange rates as of 04/01/12. 
		
	
	The key areas of activity during the quarter were:
	The Treasury made five new designations under TAFA 2010. These were in respect of Hamed Abdollahi, Manssor Arbabsiar, Abdul Reza Shahlai, Ali Gholam Shakuri, and Qasem Soleimani; and were the first new designations made under TAFA 2010. The five individuals were subsequently listed under EU Regulation 2580/2001.
	Two reviews of existing designations were completed during the quarter, which resulted in the delisting of Ismail Bhuta and the renewal of designation of Bilal Abdullah.
	Nine licences were revoked following the delisting of Ismail Bhuta.
	The decrease in balances since the last quarter follows delistings made and licences issued (under which frozen funds have been released).
	The Al-Qaeda (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011 were introduced in November to replace the Al-Qaeda and Taliban (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2010, following the split of the al-Qaeda and Afghanistan regimes agreed by the UN in June 2011.
	Legal Challenges
	Two legal challenges against designations made under both the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2009 and TAFA 2010 were ongoing in the quarter covered by this report. There were no specific developments during the quarter in the cases brought by Zana Rahim and Ismail Bhuta. No new challenges were made against the Treasury during the quarter.
	Proceedings
	In the quarter to 31 December 2011, no proceedings were initiated in respect of breaches of the prohibitions of the Act or the Al-Qaeda (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2011.
	(i) Designated persons under TAFA 2010 by name (2)
	(INDIVIDUALS)
	
		
			 Hamed ABDOLLAHI 
			 Bilal Talal ABDULLAH 
			 Habib AHMED 
			 Imad Khalil AL-ALAMI 
			 Abdula Ahmed ALI 
			 Abdelkarim Hussein AL-NASSER 
			 Ibrahim Salih AL-YACOUB 
			 ManssorARBABSIAR 
			 Selman BOZKUR 
			 UsamaHAMDAN 
			 Nabeel HUSSAIN 
			 Tanvir HUSSAIN 
			 ZahoorlQBAL 
			 Umar ISLAM 
			 Hasan IZZ-AL-DIN 
			 ParvizKHAN 
			 Waheed Arafat KHAN 
			 Osman Adam KHATIB 
			 Musa Abu MARZOUK 
			 GulamMASTAFA 
			 Khalid MISHAAL 
			 Khalid Shaikh MOHAMMED 
			 Ramzi MOHAMMED 
			 Sultan MUHAMMAD 
			 YassinOMAR 
			 Hussein OSMAN 
			 Zana Abdul RAHIM 
			 Muktar Mohammed SAID 
			 Assad SARWAR 
			 Ibrahim SAVANT 
			 Abdul Reza SHAHLM 
			 All Gholam SHAKURI 
			 Qasem SOLEIMANI 
			 Waheed ZAMAN 
		
	
	entities
	1. basque fatherland and liberty (eta)
	2. ejercito de liberacion nacional (eln)
	3. fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de colombia (farc)
	4. hizballah military wing, including external security organisation
	5. holy land foundation for relief and development
	6. popular front for the liberation of palestine - general command (pflp-gc)
	7. popular front for the liberation of palestine (pflp)
	8. sendero luminoso (sl)
	(2)For full listing details please refer to: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/terrorism.htm.
	(ii) Persons designated by the EU under Council Regulation (EC)2580/2001 (3)
	
		
			 Hamed ABDOLLAHI(*) 
			 Rabah Naami ABOU 
			 Maisi ABOUD 
			 Abdelkarim Hussein AL-NASSER(*) 
			 Ibrahim Salih AL YACOUB(*) 
			 ManssorARBABSIAR(*) 
			 Kamel ARIOUA 
			 Mohamad ASLI 
			 Rabah ASLI 
			 Mohammed BOUYERI 
			 Noureddine DARIB 
			 Abderrahmane DJABALI 
			 Sofiane Yacine FAHAS 
			 Hasan IZZ-AL-DIN(*) 
			 15. Khalid Shaikh MOHAMMED(*) 
			 FatehMOKTARI 
			 FaridNOUARA 
			 HoarlRESSOUS 
			 19. Noureddine SEDKAOUI 
			 Abdelghani SELMANI 
			 Sofiane SENOUCI 
			 Abdul Reza SHAHLAI(*) 
			 All Gholam SHAKURI(*) 
			 Qasem SOLEIMANI(*) 
			 Mohammed TINGUALI 
			 Jason Theodore WALTERS 
			  
		
	
	
		
			 Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO) 
			 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade 
			 Al-Aqsa e.V. 
			 Al-Takfir and Al-Hijra 
			 Babbar Khalsa 
			 Communist Party of the Philippines, including New People’s Army (NPA), Philippines 
			 Gama’a al-lslamiyya (a.k.a. Al-Gama’a al-lslamiyya) (Islamic Group— IG) 
			 Islami Büyük Dogu Akincilar Cephesi (IBDA-C) (Great Islamic Eastern Warriors Front) 
			 Hamas, including Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Qassem 
			 Hizbul Mujahideen(HM) 
			 Hofstadgroep 
			 Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development(*) 
			 International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF) 
			 Khalistan Zindabad Force (KZF) 
			 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) (a.k.a. KONGRA-GEL) 
			 Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) 
			 Ejército de Liberación Nacional (National Liberation Army)(*) 
			 Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) 
			 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)(*) 
			 Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine—General Command (PFLP-GC)(*) 
			 Fuerzas armadas revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)(*) 
		
	
	
		
			 Devrimci Halk Kurtulu Partisi-Cephesi—DHKP/C (Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army/Front/Party) 
			 Sendero Luminoso (SL) (Shining Path)(*) 
			 Stichting Al Aqsa 
			 Teyrbazen azadiya Kurdistan(TAK) 
		
	
	(3)for full listing details please refer to: http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/terrorism.htm.
	*EU listing rests on UK designation under TAFA 2010.